Former Mount Royal professor and free speech advocate Frances Widdowson was arrested at the University of Victoria campus on Dec. 2, while trying to engage students in discussions about residential schools.
Widdowson, a former tenured professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, was removed from her job in 2021. The removal came after Widdowson spoke out against “wokeism” and identity politics on her website and on social media, often clashing online with colleagues.
A statement issued by the university said certain individuals arrived on campus on Dec. 2 with the “intention of speaking publicly” without prior arrangement with the school. The university told the Epoch Times in the emailed statement the individuals “were informed that their event was not sanctioned to proceed” and confirmed they were escorted off school grounds by law enforcement….